Maja Planinac

May 7 at gamble + design studio

Born in former Yugoslavia. In 2016, I moved to San Francisco, where I currently live and work as a fine art photographer.

I studied physiotherapy in Belgrade, Serbia. While earning my degree, I discovered that my interest in the human body and emotions is both practical and abstract, so I decided to integrate a photography course in my studies. 

Driven by the urge to learn more about my inner and outer worlds after my first group exhibition, I enrolled in the camera department of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arts, and graduated in 2015. 

I capture phenomena that exist between the raw and the sophisticated, the real and the surreal, and the deeply personal and public concepts. My photography examines these boundaries between incompatible worlds.